Comments on: A chance encounter in a hot dog eatery on Sunset Striphttps://blog.timesunion.com/running/a-chance-encounter-in-a-hot-dog-eatery-on-sunset-strip/1108/
Written for runners of all stridesThu, 18 Feb 2016 04:50:03 +0000hourly1https://wordpress.org/?v=4.9.4By: the engelshttps://blog.timesunion.com/running/a-chance-encounter-in-a-hot-dog-eatery-on-sunset-strip/1108/#comment-576
Thu, 08 Apr 2010 14:32:58 +0000http://blog.timesunion.com/running/?p=1108#comment-576I have a number of friends who have the Burlington race; it’s a good race. Possibly in the future.

Congratulations on your PR! And straightening out the timing issues.

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Sat, 27 Mar 2010 06:08:42 +0000http://blog.timesunion.com/running/?p=1108#comment-466To the Engels:
Life is full of surprises. See you at a future race. P.S. Have you ever considered running the Burlington, VT Marathon? I believe it’s on Memorial Day weekend. Just a thought!
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Thu, 25 Mar 2010 03:04:23 +0000http://blog.timesunion.com/running/?p=1108#comment-439Anne Marie,
It was a pleasure meeting you and your daughter @ Carnie’s. Adding to the coincidences is the fact that we both were @ NYU during the same time frame! 0ne out of 50,000 instead of the race’s one out 25,000 and not a chance meeting in your years of study there.
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Sun, 21 Mar 2010 11:51:37 +0000http://blog.timesunion.com/running/?p=1108#comment-402Good luck on the marathon today – will be thinking about you!
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Sun, 21 Mar 2010 10:11:32 +0000http://blog.timesunion.com/running/?p=1108#comment-399Anne-Marie, your student Molly is also a runner! She is a recipient of a “Love of Running” scholarship from a fund which grants 10 scholarships each year and was created by the proceeds of the inaugural Sean’s Run. (see the Runnners Blog posting about Sean’s Run just before your entry about your chance encounter in LA). In applying for the scholarship she wrote an essay about how her participation in track and field has prepared her for the challenges of college next fall when she attends Boston University. She has approved our publicizing the essay:

Love of Running, by Molly Koweek – My Junior year was when I realized that by joining the long distance group of the track team, I would be getting the best exercise at practice every day, which was my main reason for running track every year.

At the first meet of the season at Emma Willard, I ran the 1,500 for the first time. Not surprisingly, I came in last place, by quite a bit.

In fact, I was so far behind the second-to-last finisher that both teams and their parents were cheering me on. I thought to myself, OK, it can’t get more embarrassing than this.

I was wrong. It was even worse when the same thing happened at a home meet, in front of all of my schoolmates. Once again, I didn’t think that any track situation could be worse, and once again I was wrong.

At an invitational with 12 teams, I had 12 teams, and all of their parents, cheering for me. This was quite humiliating.

No, I didn’t enjoy this extreme embarrassment. However, it didn’t change the way I felt about the sport.

Although I wasn’t winning races, my times were dropping dramatically. Additionally, with all of the practices I was attending I could feel myself becoming more and more in shape. Staying healthy and active was always my main motivation for competing.

I know that in college, and in tasks that I’m assigned for the rest of my life, I may not always be the best. However, this will not stop me from doing my best. Living in a community where I’ve been the fastest girl on my swim team since freshman year, I was used to being the best.

Track taught me how to handle pushing through the aspects of life that aren’t always easy. I’m very thankful for this experience, because I know that it has made me a better person, who doesn’t give up due to inadequacies. Instead, I put forth all of the effort that I have, and in turn produce the best results of which I am capable.